a bay area city cut its homicide rate in half. the critical steps some say led to the drastic drop. >>> if you own a toyota, you could be getting money from the automaker. details on a big settlement. >> reporter: i did speak with several toyota dealerships here in the south bay, and no one wanted to talk with me on camera. one service manager did tell me, he expects to be impacted by this massive settlement. toyota is expect today reclaim the title of world's largest automaker for the first time in two years. today, toyota reached a different milestone. agreeing to pay $1.2 million in what one attorney says involves the largest settlement in u.s. history over auto defects. >> the unintended acceleration, and they had several other recalls. it's definitely tarnished their reputation. >> reporter: those led the automaker to recall more than 14 million vehicles worldwide. the plaintiffs said it hurt the resale value of all toyotas. >> because of the publicity, a lot of the values dropped significantly, like 10, 20% what they would n